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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It lasted from the division of Palestine around 930 BC until the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
- In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Hebrew yəhûdâ.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Hebrew yəhûdâ.]
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